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WorksheetsLiterature Course Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 29mins
The dates of Romanticism
1783-1872
1793-1870
1789 - 1837
1750-1800
Romanticism originated in Europe and is characterized by a heightened interest in (a) and an emphasis on individual expression of emotion and imagination.
The French Revolution is associated with the origins of the Romantic movement in (this country).
Britain
France
US
Italy
This process is connected with the Industrial Revolution
increased levels of education among population
increase in crime
creation of new laws
massive migration of rural workers into large metropolitan areas
Romanticism emphasized industry over nature
True
False
Choose the themes of British Romanticism writing
Feelings and emotions
Economical problems
Industrial Revolution
Innocence and wisdom of childhood
Individualism
For the romantics, poetry was believed to be the highest form of literature, and novels were regarded as a lower form
True
False
Romantic Hero.
He is a special and often mysterious person. External events are reflected in his inner world. In his soul, there is a constant struggle of contradictions.
The image of such a character is usually based on an antithesis. The author makes him both an exceptional person and a powerless being in the face of the blows of fate.
Provide an example of Romantic Hero from any literary work and explain your choice.
Who is NOT a Lake Poet?
William Wordsworth
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Cullen Bryant
Robert Southey
Guess the character (Pride&Prejudice) that is described:
The novel's heroine and the second oldest of the five Bennet sisters, (a) is smart, lively, and attractive. She prides herself on her ability to analyze other people, but she is very often mistaken in her conclusions about their motivations.
(with first capital letter)
Guess the theme of a literary work (Pride&Prejudice):
The ??? is the predominant unit of social life in Pride and Prejudice and forms the emotional center of the novel. Not only does it provide (or fail to provide, as in the case of Lydia) the Bennet daughters with their education and manners, but the social ranking of the family determines how successful they may reasonably expect to be in later life.
Education
Manners
Family
Love
Similarities between British and American Romanticism:
the dignity and freedom of the individual
rebellion against restrictions, whether political, cultural, or social
the importance of emotion over intellect
God and nature were one
??? a literary movement that focused on ruin, decay, death, terror, and chaos, and privileged irrationality and passion over rationality and reason, grew in response to the historical, sociological, psychological, and political contexts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
(a)
Сommon elements of American Gothic Literature: supernatural events, omens and visions, mystery and suspense
True
False
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was written by ________
Guess the character from the description (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow):
A strong, plucky, mischievous young man and major rival to Ichabod for Katrina Van Tassel. He loves to play practical jokes, get himself into duels, and brag about his exploits. His very name reveals his brute strength and contrasts with Ichabod’s spindly figure and fearful spirit.
The realist movement in literature first developed in _______ in the mid-nineteenth century, soon spreading to England, Russia, and the United States.
Spain
France
Britain
Italy
Describe some features of Realism as a literary genre (themes, dates, authors - everything that you remember)
While Romanticism focused on the inner, spiritual side of human nature, and was skewed toward the exceptional and Sublime - Realism focused on the mundane, the everyday. Realism focussed on the ideology of objective reality and revolted against exaggerated emotionalism of Romanticism
True
False
Realist novelists often focused on the dynamics of marriage and family life in the upper class society.
True
False
Naturalism is a type/subgenre/submovement of Realism
True
False
In Louisa May Alcott's Little Women one of the March sister dies. Who was that?
Amy
Josephine
Margaret
Elizabeth
Guess the character (LW):
He is half Italian, which is often cited as the source of his passionate nature. One of March sisters is his first love, but after she refuses to marry him he eventually falls in love with another sister, who suits him far better than the first one.
(a)
The name of the estate that Aunt March left to Jo (Jo will open a school there)
Charles Dickens influenced the manner of Christmas celebration
True
False
Draw a snowflake to decorate the window)
